Wii U to be quickly outdated?

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'Casual' gamers want to play the 3 games they actually like without dropping hundreds more monies on a new console specced out with HD and media integration.
'Hardcore' gamers will be put off by it's stupid gimmicky main controller, inevitably poor marketing and a lack of console exclusives.

This is exactly the problem. There is no target demographic for this console.

Casuals don't care about HD graphics or yet another silly gimmick. The gimmicky nature of the Wii meant it had incredible sales at the start and then slowly but surely faded into obscurity once people got tired of it.

Hardcore players don't like gimmicks for the most part. We want a solid/reliable console, good online service, the best 3rd party games, and platform exclusives that make us want to buy that console. I'd be SHOCKED if Nintendo was able to get 3rd party support after the debacle that was the Wii. They've also shown time and time again that the only exclusives they know how to make are Mario/Zelda/Metroid.